I don't want to play anymore

Before the news of Gu Yuanjin's suicide spread to the palace, Long Yanzhao was already full of confidence and was not worried about the outside affairs at all.

At this time, he was seriously painting in front of the desk.

It's not the kind of stick figure drawn before. Recently, the emperor has suddenly become interested in drawing Danqing, and specially invited Mr. Gu to teach him. The person he draws is naturally the stunningly beautiful Mr. Gu.

It's just that the paintings don't look like...there is not even the slightest resemblance, which makes the current emperor somewhat angry.

Another piece of drawing paper was wasted, and Long Yanzhao got angry, so he found nothing pleasing to the eye.

He glanced to the side, and suddenly saw a half-unfolded picture scroll, and quickly pulled it out to look at it, and found that it was almost the same picture of a beautiful man as the Queen Mother had sent before.

"Isn't this the youngest son of Prime Minister Zuo?"

Emperor Yuwen roared furiously: "Hong Taiquan! I told you to dispose of them, why did this painting come into my study again? Could it be that they have grown legs?!"

Gu Jingyuan was right in front of him, sitting obediently in accordance with the imperial decree for the emperor to draw materials for painting. Hearing this, he immediately said: "Yesterday, the queen mother ordered someone to send another batch. It was my minister who put them there. Your majesty forgives me."

"You...you, you, I don't even know what to say about you."

When Long Yanzhao spoke to him, he became calm.

He just threw the picture scroll mercilessly on the ground again.

The action is a bit rough.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor glanced at him, and muttered: "A Yuan is not worried at all about being abducted by others?"

Gu Jingyuan sat there, motionless and did not answer the words.

What the emperor said recently became more and more strange.

Master Gu also became more and more silent.

The simple thing is that Long Yanzhao was just trying to test it, and didn't take it seriously.

It's fine if Gu Jingyuan doesn't answer.

He took all his anger out on the painting.

Long Yanzhao reprimanded: "Back when Gu Yuanjin and I were fighting against each other, that old fellow Prime Minister Zuo chose not to help each other and watched a play by the side. I remember all this. Now Gu Yuanjin is about to die, He was eager to stand in line again, and came to please me. What's the matter, do you think I'm a temperless fool?"

Gu Jingyuan was noncommittal to his words.

The emperor was right.

If Prime Minister Zuo was willing to stand up against the regent like Yang Youwei, the emperor might have taken charge of the government long ago.

Or even if he was helping secretly, Long Yanzhao's life would not be so sad.

The emperor has reasons not to forgive.

"It's too late to say anything now."

Emperor Yuwen laid out a new piece of drawing paper, started to write again, and jokingly said while drawing, "I'll find a reason to remove him and replace him with Mr. Gu... What do you think, Yuan?"

"Your Majesty, minister..." Gu Jingyuan didn't answer, but looked at Emperor Yuwen seriously, and said, "I have something to report."

Long Yanzhao lowered his head and didn't notice his expression, he just asked casually: "What's the matter? Tell me."

But at this time, the spies sent by the emperor came back to report and said two things.

The first thing was that Gu Yuanjin hanged himself at home.

The second thing is...

"In order to invite you into the urn, General Huo ordered the capital to stay open tonight. I didn't expect that a group of people broke in out of thin air just now, and the leader was injured... Most importantly, he said he was..."

"What is it?"

Long Yanzhao didn't stop painting, he looked up at Gu Jingyuan's eyebrows while listening to his subordinates' report.

Some disliked the hesitation of his subordinates, so he said impatiently: "Continue."

"He said he was the King of Beirong Zhennan, and asked to see His Majesty..."

Emperor Yuwen's brush stopped.

The two people in the palace who had heard that Gu Yuanjin had hanged himself before did not respond, but now their expressions changed to varying degrees.

With a "click", a large drop of fresh ink dripped onto the paper, staining the beautiful face that had just been outlined.

The ink fell on the paper and smudged with lightning speed, leaving a muddy trail on the drawing paper.

When Long Yanzhao saw it, he couldn't help showing anxiety, and subconsciously wiped it with his fingertips.

But he suddenly withdrew that hand and raised his head suddenly: "What did you say? Who was injured?!"

King Bei Rong died of illness a few days ago, and Dayi soon got the news.It's just that this time no one dared to bring this matter up to the court to say it openly.

On the surface, the civil and military forces of the Dayi Manchu Dynasty coexisted harmoniously and happily, but this does not mean that nothing happened.

But it turned out that when King Beirong died of illness, he really passed the throne to King Zhennan.

Afterwards, the Prince of Beirong also set up an army, and wanted to compete with the King of Zhennan.

At that time, the Prince of Beirong had been in charge of the government for a long time, and the King of Zhennan was naturally powerless to resist. He was defeated and fled. He was chased and killed all the way, and finally he had to run to Dayi and headed straight for the imperial city...

"Where is he now?" Long Yanzhao asked with a serious expression.

"General Huo placed the opponent's party at the post station, and also called the doctor..."

Emperor Yuwen got up suddenly when he heard the words, and also had no time to change his clothes, so he got up and drove.

But when he passed Master Gu, he caught a glimpse of Gu Jingyuan from the corner of his eye, and saw that the other party had also stood up at some point.

He just stood there, his eyebrows downcast.

A pair of bright eyes opened blankly, looking a little at a loss.

Long Yanzhao only felt that someone had severely grabbed his heart.

This made him stop abruptly.

The two were speechless.

The time is actually only a moment, but it seems very long.

It's like crossing a long river.

……

The white horse passed through the gap, and the years passed in a flash.

When Long Yanzhao spoke, his voice suddenly became hoarse.

He said to Gu Jingyuan, "I... have to go and have a look."

After saying a word, it seemed to be much smoother later.

The emperor said: "Ah, what's the matter, I will talk about it when I come back, okay?"

As he said that, he looked straight into Gu Jingyuan's eyes and asked again: "Just wait here for me, don't go anywhere, okay?"

Gu Jingyuan still had no objection.

As well-behaved and obedient as ever.

He nodded and said calmly, "Okay."

The road to the station seems to have become very long, and I don't know how much time has passed.

Memories from the past so long filled his head again, Long Yanzhao seemed to be back in his teens.

The woman in charge mistreats him every day, but she regards him as her master, but she takes care of him very carelessly.

Either give him leftovers or leftovers that have been broken.

Summer in the north is very short and winter is long, but his cotton-padded clothes are always in short supply, ragged and dirty.

If someone asks the prince why he doesn't eat well, his complexion is sallow and thin, it means that the prince is picky about food and doesn't eat well.

If someone came to ask why the prince's clothes were always dirty and torn, it would be because the prince was naughty, went out to play all day, and got dirty and torn by himself.

Even if he was sick or injured, he had to fight on his own. Fortunately, Long Yanzhao had a good health since he was a child, and he was not the kind of person who was at the mercy of others.

... In those years, people treated him badly, and he didn't make it easy for them.

Just like a little devil crawling out of hell, cruel and vicious, he will take revenge.

They did not give him normal food, and he mixed their food with finely ground fine sand.

They didn't give him cotton-padded clothes, so he went to the servant's room to pour cold water on all their clothes and quilts in the cold winter.

Although every time this is done, Long Yanzhao's life will be even more difficult.

But Long Yanzhao still never tires of it.

That was his way of taking revenge on the world.

Fortunately, his father didn't completely forget about him, he made nonsense, and would even ask a few questions.

Even the local officials didn't dare to be negligent, there was still some supplies, and although almost all of them were swallowed by the woman in charge, she didn't dare to order other servants to beat him openly.

But even so, the woman in charge is not helpless, she will instigate the children nearby to bully him.

Children in their teens are just the age to be mischievous and restless, and Long Yanzhao also likes to go out to see the outside world, so it is inevitable that he will run into children nearby.

Although he is a prince, he is yellow and thin, wearing tattered clothes, and looks worse than ordinary peasant children.

Temperament and not gregarious, naturally easy to be bullied.

He will not give in, if others beat him, he will just hit back.

This is the reason why Long Yanzhao learned martial arts from his master in the palace when he was young, and he continued to practice hard in the Northland.

But at that time, he often didn't have enough to eat, and in the end, he was no match for four hands, so after ten years old, Long Yanzhao would go back to the house with scars all over his body.

...only later on it was different.

Because when he was 12 years old, he met A Qi.

At that time, Dayi and Beirong often had wars and conflicts, but because of the grassland landform, the border was not clear, and there was no place for troops to be stationed, so people often shuttled between the two countries at will.

That time, Long Yanzhao had just given a lesson to those peers who often bullied him, and when they chased him back, he plunged into the depths of the grassland, where he met A Qi who was practicing riding and shooting.

It was just autumn.

He remembered that Ah Qi was dressed in pure white clothes that were as white as the snow, and he was sitting heroically on top of a steed.Looking back and smiling, it's like a god descending, bright eyes are like the sun and moon, and smile is like a galaxy.

Hearing the movement from their side, the handsome young man raised his arrow and drew his bow, and shot an arrow directly in front of those who were chasing him.

That day A Qi helped him fight them off.

At that moment, A Qi asked him who he was and why he was being chased and beaten.

A Qi in that year was like a ray of light that fell into his life.

……

The road has been full of twists and turns, and the future is so dark that there is no end in sight.

But since then, Long Yanzhao has always felt that life is worthwhile.

Because there was a moment in life that was lit up.

After learning about his life experience, A Qi often went to play with him.

He taught him not to be head-on when dealing with the housewife, but to be clever and to draw from the bottom.

He told him that the first consideration before a fight should be how to protect himself.

They often ran wildly all over the mountains and watched the sunset together.

A Qi's personality is bright and fiery, and he may look a bit dull and cold on the outside, but as long as he talks and laughs, he is so brilliant and hot.

He is both handsome and beautiful.

His demeanor is strong, bold and uninhibited, but he loves beauty very much. Sometimes he can stare at the reflection in the river for a long time.

Like a flamboyant flower peacock.

Long Yanzhao had never seen such a unique and individual person.

A Qi is like a collection of all new things, every meeting is new and fresh, which makes people want to stop.

The only shortcoming is that A Qi is very busy, saying that he has a lot to learn, so he only visits him twice a week.

But he would often send people over, sometimes to give him things, and sometimes just to see if anyone was bullying him.

At that time, Long Yanzhao did not know the identity of the other party.

All I know is that his name is Aqi.

He guessed that the other party was probably a nobleman of Bei Rong, but since he regarded the other party as a friend, he didn't care about the other party's origin and origin.

A Qi seldom told him about family affairs, he didn't mention it, and he didn't ask.

Long Yanzhao has always regarded the other party as a close friend.

Until that time when Ah Qi was injured for him...

Because there was a smart, pure white, and powerful young man beside him, from now on, the children from the peasant family who often bullied him rarely came to trouble Long Yanzhao.

But those people are just dormant for the time being, waiting for the opportunity, planning to come and teach him a lesson someday when he is alone.

The situation that day was very tragic.

Long Yanzhao was surrounded by many people, and the other party seemed to have called all the nearby boys of the same age, and this time they were not unarmed, and they all took some weapons.

At that time Long Yanzhao was not afraid.

In fact, he has never had any emotions of "terror" or "fear". He lived only with anger and hatred.

But after that day, he knew what it meant to be afraid.

——When the fight was fierce, A Qi, who had clearly said that he had no time to come to him recently, jumped out from nowhere and blocked the knife for him.

The attacker attacked him from a tricky angle, aiming at the back of his head.Although A Qi backed in time to protect him that day, he was still cut on the brow bone by the sharp knife he swung wildly.

Blood is pouring.

The bright red blood sprayed on Long Yanzhao's face, scorching hot, as if his skin was in pain, and his body was bruised.

That time, he was really scared.

It's not because if there is no A Qi, half of his head should have been cut off.

It's because of A Qi... who loves the stinky A Qi so much...

In this way, his appearance was destroyed.

And since that day, it seems that the blood has been branded on Long Yanzhao's body.

So many years later, times have changed, but when he heard this name, he would still feel something boiling in his blood.

……

At the door of the post station's room, stood two strong men dressed as Beirong soldiers.

When they saw the Emperor of Dayi, they didn't know how to salute, and Long Yanzhao didn't care about them, he just asked, "Ah... is King Zhennan inside?"

The two soldiers saluted him according to Beirong's etiquette, and then one of them pushed open the door with one hand, which was a kind of silent answer, and invited Long Yanzhao to come in.

"emperor……"

When Long Yanzhao raised his foot, Huo Linping couldn't help but let out a cry.

General Huo had ordered people to surround the inn a long time ago, so he was not afraid of some assassin hiding inside.

The cry he made was completely subconscious...

Because I thought of Mr. Gu who had dedicated himself to doing his best.

Although the person inside is not only the old friend of the emperor, but also the king of Beirong Zhennan, who was also injured in their Dayi territory, in this case, the emperor should meet in person even if it is out of consideration between countries .

But just...

Why do you feel so awkward!

Long Yanzhao's footsteps did not stop, he directly entered that room.

The room was lit with a little candle, but it was not very bright.

The doctor came to see him. King Zhennan was stabbed in the arm, and emergency treatment had been done, but he still lost a lot of blood after running and fleeing all the way. His life is not in danger now, but he is a little weak.

Then Long Yanzhao saw a pale and bloodless face on the half-covered bed.

The other party's facial features are very delicate, round peach blossom eyes, high nose bridge, two thin lips...

There is also a scar on the brow bone.

Long Yanzhao paused.

When he was taken away from the northern border, Aqi's head injury hadn't healed.

At that time, his father had just passed away, and there was no one in the court who could inherit the throne. It was King Guangping who had received a secret decree to protect the legacy of the royal family and took him back to the palace himself.

It was after Long Yanzhao had lived in the northern border for more than five years, he changed into brocade clothes again.

But he didn't want to go.

It's not that I'm used to living in the North.

But he was reluctant to part with A Qi.

But at that time, a young man with a layer of silk on his brows came to see him off, pointed to his head and said to him, "See, I died once to save you, so you must always remember me Enqing... Live well, be vigilant."

Even though half of his eyebrows were covered, the still beautiful young man showed a willful, indifferent chuckle. A Qi blinked at him and jokingly said: "It's not bad for you to be an emperor in Dayi, in case I mess up someday." If you don’t go down, I’m going to join you.”

……

That was the last time they met.

Many years later, Long Yanzhao also kept thinking about the wound on his eyebrow.

They will also exchange letters every one or two months at first.

But later, all the letters he wrote fell into the sea.

In order to ensure that the letter could be delivered to A Qi, he made a lot of efforts and sacrifices.

But later, A Qi never replied to him again.

A Qi said in his last letter that the wound on his eyebrow had healed completely, leaving only a little scar, so he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

Later, Long Yanzhao read the letter many times, only to realize that what A Qi said was not to mind, he was actually saying goodbye to him.

It was only later that he found out that A Qi was so busy because he was the most beloved son of King Bei Rong.

It is the King of Zhennan whose appearance is praised by the world.

Reminiscent of the confident, unrestrained and free-spirited A Qi, Long Yanzhao knows that he probably does not lack friends.

Beirong is still too far away from the capital.

There are so many things they have to face.

So in the end, it's just that, that's it.

But now, he finally saw the scar on the opponent's eyebrow.

Aki has also grown up.

His facial features have grown a lot more than before, and although his complexion is pale, he looks smarter than before...

As for the scar on his brow, it doesn't look as light as what he said in the letter.

The scar looked old, but the marks were still deep.

White.

Also very eye-catching.

……

For some reason, when Long Yanzhao first saw this scar, a red mark appeared out of nowhere in front of Long Yanzhao's eyes.

……

"Long Si...? Is that you?"

Hearing the movement, the person on the bed weakly opened his eyes and struggled to sit up again.

Long Yanzhao quickly came back to his senses, and didn't tell him to get up, his throat rolled up and down, and said, "It's me."

Cheng Yinzhuo on the bed laughed weakly.

...Looking at it this way, the two of them really look alike.

Very unlike.

The facial features are very similar, but after the integration of these facial features and their own temperament, they are completely different.

Cheng Yinzhuo gave people a much sharper feeling.

He has probably always been the most beloved child of King Beirong. Even if he lost power, was injured, and was extremely weak at this time, he still looked ostentatious.

But Gu Jingyuan is not like that.

There was a kind of obedience in the corners of Gu Jingyuan's eyes and eyebrows.

Long Yanzhao used to think that it meant being respectful, humble and good-natured, but now looking at Cheng Yinzhuo at this time, he felt that Ah Yuan seemed to have been smoothed by something.

——Stop haggling with fate.

So there is no desire, no desire, and nothing matters.

That's why it's so gentle.

Long Yanzhao's heart suddenly ached.

It was uncomfortable, as if being held tightly by something.

But at this time, Cheng Yinzhuo coughed twice on the bed, and said to him: "Long Si, I'm thirsty."

"Long Si, why are you unhappy seeing me?"

"I haven't seen you for so many years, so you don't miss me at all? Or if I call you Long Si and you don't want to, then I'll call you the emperor."

Long Yanzhao hurriedly regained consciousness and poured him a glass of water.

Said: "That's not what it means."

Cheng Yinzhuo half sat up and took a sip of water, then blinked at him: "Then do you miss me?"

Long Yanzhao just looked at him and didn't speak.

He feels a little confused now.

For some reason, the past and the past were mixed with Gu Jingyuan's eyebrows, rushing into his mind anxiously.Even though he is facing A Qi at the moment... Mr. Gu's low-browed and pleasing appearance still couldn't stop reappearing, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Long Si, why are you standing so far away? Come and sit down."

Cheng Yinzhuo patted the bed beside him.

He was injured in one arm and had limited mobility.

Probably to make room for Long Yanzhao, the wound was involved, and he grinned in pain.

Lively.

Just like when I was a kid.

Long Yanzhao did not sit on the bed, but rushed forward a few steps and said, "Don't move around."

He said this about him, but he didn't look at him very much, Cheng Yinzhuo noticed, and couldn't help laughing: "What's the matter, are you... shy?"

Long Yanzhao smiled.

Finally, he looked at Qi Cheng's scorching brows again.

When he looked at him, Cheng Yinzhuo was not polite to him, and went straight to the point: "Ah Si... You know that before my father passed away, the crown prince forced me to hand over the throne to me, right?"

"I really don't know what to do, that's why I ran so far to find you... Long Si, I want to invite you..."

Long Yanzhao listened to his request in silence.

It's not that he hasn't imagined the scene of seeing Cheng Yinzhuo goodbye.

But maybe it's too late today, Cheng Yinzhuo is still injured, or maybe he can't help being distracted from thinking...

Long Yanzhao always felt that something was weird.

It's really weird.

Although A Qi talked to him without restraint and unscrupulously, but A Qi himself didn't talk much.

He would not use such a frivolous tone.

A Qi also called him Long Si.

Once upon a time, how much he liked being called by him by that name.

Laughing, angry and angry.

But now... that feeling is gone.

Although this is also normal, after all, they have been separated for more than six years.

Long Yanzhao was no longer the Long Yanzhao he was six years ago.

only……

His eyes...

Long Yanzhao always felt that the other party's eyes had also changed.

Although A Qi's eyebrows were open in the past, occasionally there would be a hint of loneliness in his eyes.

A person's appearance can change over time, and so can the eyes.

but……

Will there be less and less things in someone's eyes...

A Qi never mentioned his family, so Long Yanzhao once guessed that he was the same as him, an embarrassing identity that his father did not love his mother.

Thinking about it now...

"Ah Qi." He called out suddenly.

Cheng Yinzhuo closed his thin lips tightly for a moment, then opened the corners of his lips again, tilted his head and blinked at him: "Huh?"

Long Yanzhao asked: "Actually, there is one thing I can't figure out. In the past... don't be angry when I say this... that is, when we played together, I remember that your father didn't like you very much. But then I returned Jing, gradually heard..."

"My father really didn't like me very much before."

Cheng Yinzhuo smiled indifferently, not feeling offended, and replied directly: "But maybe I saw my hard work later, you know, I have been working hard to make my father like me. "

Long Yanzhao accepted this statement. He actually had many questions to ask, but now he couldn't think of them.

He just listened to Cheng Yinzhuo talking about how hard it was for him to escape all the way, how hard he escaped, and how vicious the prince was.

"By the way, Long Si, they will kill me at any cost, and there are people from them in this capital...I, I'm a little scared."

"Don't be afraid." Long Yanzhao said, "No one can hurt you."

"But I don't think it's safe here..." Cheng Yinzhuo seemed terrified, and pulled Long Yanzhao's sleeve with some fear: "Why don't I go back to the palace with you, there will definitely be no assassins there ...By the way, I heard that you don't have a harem yet..."

"Aqi." Long Yanzhao looked away, and gently pulled his sleeve out of his hand, obviously not wanting to ask this question.

He said: "I will arrange someone to pick you up and live in the palace temporarily. As for the matter you said to send troops to help you, I will consider it and discuss it with other ministers."

"Long Si?" Cheng Yinzhuo didn't seem to expect him to be so indifferent.

Long Yanzhao felt even more uncomfortable.

"Take a good rest first." He said, and was about to leave.

Cheng Yinzhuo was still staring at him blankly.

But Long Yanzhao had already turned around and took two steps forward.

After two steps, he turned back and asked tentatively, "By the way...do you still remember that time when we went to watch the sunset and it was getting late when we came back, so you stayed overnight at my house?"

"Remember." Cheng Yinzhuo on the bed smiled very naturally, and said, "We also took some meat from your family out to roast, and the chili powder you made nearly killed me..."

Long Yanzhao came out of the post station, and hurried towards the direction of the palace with big strides.

Thinking that the carriage was too slow, he still jumped up, jumped and walked on the beams, and flew back with light work.

Many people said that he liked Aqi.

Long Yanzhao never denied it.

But he never thought about his feelings for A Qi, but subconsciously did not allow himself to deny it.

How could he deny Aqi?

Such a smug and conceited Aqi, wishing that the whole world would like him, Aqi who seems to be the purest and most precious light in the world...

Not to love seems to be a kind of blasphemy.

He couldn't even deny it.

Even if he hadn't thought about it long ago.

And if he wasn't completely sure before, but after meeting the current A Qi this time, he can already be 100% sure.

—he doesn't like him.

The hazy feeling of youth may be entirely due to the admiration for the youth's magnificence and the knife that the other party received for him.

He misses him, appreciates him, is grateful to him, and will do everything in his power to repay him.

But at the last moment, he was sure that he didn't love him.

He has no feeling for the current A Qi.

What he loves is...

"A wish!"

Long Yanzhao broke into his study directly, with a somewhat unconcealable excitement on his face.

It's just that the picture of a beautiful boy that he threw on the ground earlier has been put away, and the ink-stained drawing paper on the table has also been thrown into the wastebasket, leaving the imperial study room empty.

None of them.

……

Gu Jingyuan, who was still sitting here just now and promised to wait for him to come back, disappeared.

"Your Majesty?" Hong Taiquan, who was guarding the door, was taken aback by the sudden intrusion of the Emperor.

"Where's the person?" Long Yanzhao had already entered the inner room to search around, then came out in a hurry, kicked over the wastebasket on the ground, grabbed him and asked, "Where is Mr. Gu?"

"Master Gu Gu Gu said that he left the palace first..."

"Fart." Long Yanzhao obviously couldn't accept this statement.

His eyes were staring red: "Didn't I want him to wait here for my return?!"

Seeing the emperor's eyes became more and more fierce, and his face was gloomy and terrifying, Hong Taiquan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground directly, "His Majesty calm down, Mr. Gu always walks casually in the palace, and now...this...slaves don't even know it!..."

The author has something to say: Love is very ethereal and difficult to determine~ So do you have any kneeling poses you want to see? _(:з」∠)_

感谢在2020-06-2217:56:57~2020-06-2316:32:42期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: have you seen my little bear 2; 424668801;

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: 2 goji berries; 1 for Yan Xiaoqing, Mustard Seed, Sugar Little Star Love Learning, Hou Li, and Da Da;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：天天就是天天24瓶；4139321020瓶；枸杞10瓶；nichen9瓶；奥丁森小可爱、吃糖轻轻枣丶、果树下的绣娘、mui5瓶；任4瓶；南陌苑至、C-洛美3瓶；butterfly、西瓜不吃冰1瓶；

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!